Iftikhar Hussain Shah
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Lieutenant General
Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (born 14 March 1949) was a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
. Iftikhar Hussain Shah was commissioned in the Pakistan Army
in October 1964 in 30th PMA Long Course and joined an anti-aircraft unit of the Regiment of Artillery. He later joined and graduated from Army Aviation School to become a pilot in the army.
He is a graduate of Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham (UK), Command and Staff College Quetta and National Defence College. He has served as Instructor at the Pakistan Military Academy, School of Army Air Defence and Air Force Staff College. He has served in Saudi Arabia and also in India where he was Defence and Army Attaché.
In 1993, Iftikhar Hussain Shah served in Inter-Services Intelligence
as the Deputy DG of External Wing under Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi
.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General
in 1996 and remained Director General Joint Staff in Joint Staff Headquarters and commanded Army Air Defence Command.
After his retirement from the Army in the year 2000 he was appointed Minister for Communications and later he became Governor of NWFP, a position which he held for 4 ½ years. He has served as an Ambassador in Turkey. Presently he is an advisor with UN in Pakistan.
He is married and has three daughters.
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (born 14 March 1949) was a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Iftikhar Hussain Shah was commissioned in the Pakistan Army
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistani Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The Pakistan Army came into existence after the Partition of India and the resulting independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan...
in October 1964 in 30th PMA Long Course and joined an anti-aircraft unit of the Regiment of Artillery. He later joined and graduated from Army Aviation School to become a pilot in the army.
He is a graduate of Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham (UK), Command and Staff College Quetta and National Defence College. He has served as Instructor at the Pakistan Military Academy, School of Army Air Defence and Air Force Staff College. He has served in Saudi Arabia and also in India where he was Defence and Army Attaché.
In 1993, Iftikhar Hussain Shah served in Inter-Services Intelligence
Inter-Services Intelligence
The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence , is Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, responsible for providing critical national security intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan...
as the Deputy DG of External Wing under Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi
Javed Ashraf Qazi
Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf Qazi, HI, SBt, is a Pakistani general and politician who is currently a Senator in the Parliament of Pakistan. During his army career, Qazi headed the Inter-Services Intelligence from 1993 to 1995 and Military Intelligence from 1990 to 1991...
.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
in 1996 and remained Director General Joint Staff in Joint Staff Headquarters and commanded Army Air Defence Command.
After his retirement from the Army in the year 2000 he was appointed Minister for Communications and later he became Governor of NWFP, a position which he held for 4 ½ years. He has served as an Ambassador in Turkey. Presently he is an advisor with UN in Pakistan.
He is married and has three daughters.